Morphological-ecological characterization of thyroid diseases in St. Petersburg according to data of operational material and population-based cancer registry
Author: V.A. Krulevsky
Reference: St. Petersburg 2003 WAC Russia 14.00.15
Keywords: endemic goiter, survival of patient, population-based cancer registry
Abstract: Interest in the study of thyroid cancer has significantly always been associated with the problem of iodine deficiency in the environment of different regions of the world. The problem of endemic goiter and neoplastic processes, developing on the background of endemic goiter, made more than one generation of local doctors uneasy. Special interest of professionals of thyroid, including pathologists, was drawn to diseases of the thyroid gland in connection with the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and other radioactive contamination in areas where there has been an accident at a nuclear industry, as well as in other areas, with a large-scale industry and energy, producing often unreported radiation factor. In this regard, the concept of the program was formed: “The pathology of the thyroid gland as a marker of ecological trouble” …
The purpose of the work: To compare the environmental and sanitary situation in St. Petersburg with thyroid cancer, according to the data given by surgical material from 1982 to 2000., and to analyze data on the incidence and survival of patients with thyroid cancer, according to data of population-based cancer registry.